Bangkok to Koh Phangan

Most of the tourists who arrive to Koh Phangan are coming from Bangkok. From all locations north to Bangkok, the rout goes through the Capital City of Thailand and there are other common routs from Phuket and all the south area including Krabi, Koh Phi Phi, Koh Payam and other touristic locations. The air distance between Bangkok and Koh Phangan is 450km (280 miles) and the driving distance is Drive via Phetkasem Rd. There are few ways to travel between Bangkok and Koh Phangan.

The easiest and the most expensive way to travel from Bangkok to Koh Phangan is to fly from Bangkok to Koh Samui. On Samui a taxi service will bring you to Haad Rin Queen or Seatran Ferry and from there it’s about 1 hour Cruz to Phangan. Over all it will take you between 3 to 4 hours from Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok to Koh Phangan.

The Seatran will bring you to Thong Sala village at the south west side of Koh Phangan. Thong Sala is main village on the island and its good to get there if you want to go to the north or west side of Koh Phangan, to beaches such as Srithanu, Chaloklum, Had Yao west and others.

Anyway, it is not a big dilemma as the driving distance from Haad Rin to Thong Sala is about 10 minutes. It is preferred to take a ferry from nearby Koh Samui air port either to Haad Rin or Thong Sala than to drive all the way to Nathong, the other port on Samui, which is about 30 min drive..

The duration of this rout is longer and takes about 5 hours or more depends on how the flights schedule feat with the ferry schedule. The distance from Surat Thani air posrt to Donsak ferry port is about one to one and a half hour. You can usually buy from the air company combined ticket that will take you all the way from Bangkok to Koh Phangan. If can you bought a flight ticket only, you can buy a ticket at the airport which includes the ferry and the bus that takes you to Donsak pier. Lomprayah ferry is the fastest and the most expensive one. With Lomprayah it takes one hour and a half to get to Koh Phangan. Seatran and Raja are slower and the journey with them takes about 3-4 hours.

The train leaves from the train station in Bangkok and arrives to Surat Thani Train station. From the station you will be picked up to the tourist offices inside the city, about 30 minutes drive from the train station.

In this office you can book a ferry that goes from Donsak pier to Thong Sala pier on Koh Phangan. The way from the tourist office to Donsak pier takes about 1 hour and then it depends which ferry are you going to cruz with. Lomprayah ferry is the fastest and the most expensive one. With Lomprayah it takes one hour and a half to get to Koh Phangan. Seatran and Raja are slower and the journey with them takes about 3-4 hours.

The cheapest way to get from Bangkok to Koh Phangan besides hitchhiking is by bus. The deals for that moves between 650 if you look hard you don’t mind to take it easy and a bit lucky to more than 1000B. The duration of the journey in accordance to the cost is between 10 hours with Lomprayah with the bug that goes from Khao San Road at 6 am 16 hours or more if you take the public bus to Surat Thani and continue from there. Most of the bus companies depart from Khao San Road, the backpackers area in Bangkok In addition to those there are the government busses, which applies in 2 different classes, luxury bus (Air Con) and VIP Bus with 24.

Bangkok – Koh PhanganBus Time Table

Bus from Bangkok to Koh Phangan

CompanyDepartureArrivalLomprayahFrom Kao San RD. 21:0010:456:0016:10SeatranFrom Kao San RD.20:3011:00SongsermFrom Kao San RD.20:0011:00Public Bus with Raja FerryFrom South Central station 17:005:00

Bus from Koh Phangan to Bangkok

CompanyDepartureArrivalLomprayahFrom Kao San RD. 08:3020:3013:000:30SeatranFrom Kao San RD.14:006:00SongsermFrom Kao San RD.12:005:00Public Bus with Raja FerryFrom South Central station 19:0011:00

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